Sr Elizabeth Snedden, lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Good Shepherd College, will be giving a lecture at the Mercy Spirituality Centre on Wednesday, 7 March 2018 from 10am-12noon.

In this Muffin Meeting (the $15 cost includes morning tea), participants will be encouraged to discover the action of God in their own lives, and to trust in the action of the Spirit calling them to question.

Elizabeth Ong, who studied Canon Law at Good Shepherd College, is the first married woman to be appointed by the Apostolic Signatura as a judge of canon law cases for the Catholic Church in New Zealand.

In New Zealand the diocesan ecclesiastical courts deal mainly with marriage cases, declarations of nullity or annulments. However this tribunal also deals with cases of rights within the church, such as disputes between a parish and the diocesan authorities. There are even trials for priests accused of misconduct. Elizabeth now has the competency to be a judge for any of these cases.

At 7:00 p.m. on Thursday 23 November 2017 there will be a public lecture at the St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby.

The topic is Pope Francis’ document on the family, Amoris Laetitia – the Joy of Love, which was the product of two synods of bishops discussing the subject of the family. This lecture will seek to answer questions such as:

What are the main topics of the document that need to be investigated deeply in order to understand the Pope’s message?

How can we implement Amoris Laetitia in our local Church?

What are the challenges that our families are facing and how can Amoris Laetitia help us through these?

Sr Elizabeth Snedden, lecturer in Pastoral Theology, has dedicated her latest book, The Eros of the Human Spirit, ‘to all students with questions’.

In the foreword Frederick G. Lawrence expresses that “the originality, comprehensiveness, and delicacy of Snedden’s writing is astonishing; it is hard to imagine what a challenging task it would have been to read this work (Lonergan’s writings) had it not been expressed in such a vivid and beautifully composed manner.”

… “a truly interpersonal rendition of the appropriation of the desire to know and love God into which readers are invited to discover what happens to them.”

Users of the Colin Library please be aware that we are having trouble with some of our e-books. E-brary has been taken over by Proquest and the cloud that our books are parked on has moved in such a way that, at present, it is inaccessible from our catalogue and from Moodle. The EBSCO e-books are working beautifully. If a link does not work, try a different book! Contact Carol in the library if a particular book is desperately needed.